MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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